Planned Outage Coordination Process

The System Operator, with the support of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), has completed its third review of the Planned Outage Coordination Process (POCP).

The outcome from this review has been for the TAG to recommend to the System Operator that the POCP application be updated to include more and better information, as well as to transfer the application to a more modern IT environment. Moving to a more modern IT environment will help improve existing functionality and enable further development in the future.

A copy of the TAG's recommendation report and the System Operators response are available below. As outlined in the response report, the System Operator is looking to undertake the following steps, based on the recommendations made by the TAG:

formal review of TAG recommendation report

identification of which recommendations to implement and when

confirm the functional and non-functional user requirements

develop a business case

discuss the issue of funding with the Electricity Authority

agree with the Electricity Authority an implementation plan for proposed changes

We are working toward implementing the changes by mid-2014. Updates on the progress on the proposed changes will be provided here over the next few months.

Finally, we would like to take the opportunity to thank the members of the TAG for their engagement and contribution to the POCP review process. The TAG's commitment and the associated quality of their input continues to make this a very productive and worthwhile process for the System Operator.